Maximum Mom

This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Erin Lecocq. Erin started law school when her daughter was 7 weeks old. Her husband at the time called law school "a hobby," so she was lucky to find support in friends she met at school. She stayed home with her baby during the day and went to class at night. Three and a half years later, she graduated law school cum laude with her daughter holding her hand. During her last year in school, she took a clinic helping incarcerated parents with their child welfare cases and knew immediately that was the kind of law she wanted to practice. A friend and Erin started a firm so they could get a contract with the Office of Public Defense, and learned more and worked harder during that time than she thought possible. It was also during this time that her marriage fell apart, and because she was told she "chose her career over her child," she ended up having to leave the job she loved to follow her ex and her daughter to New Mexico so she could have 50/50 custody. After the stress of that time, she decided she needed a break from child welfare, and ended up working for the NM Office of the Attorney General doing civil litigation where she gets to practice in state and federal court, and in the courts of appeals. She loves the new challenges that come with this work, and is thrilled she gets to spend so much time with her (now 9 year-old!!) daughter.

7:33 finding time for creative outlets
9:45 incarcerated parents
10:50 starting a firm to get a contract
18:08 inequity
20:28 vicarious trauma
25:30 an empty cup
28:35 injustice

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Jennifer Hargrave and talk all things grief, teens and self-reflection.

Jennifer is the owner of Hargrave Family Law . She helps good people end broken marriages. When facing divorce, people need to know they have options. Divorce does not have to end in disaster. The best divorces are ones where both partners are empowered to make decisions - not where fear is the operating force. Building a business is very similar.

Jennifer recently lost her mother to cancer. She died four months from the date of diagnosis. Walking through this period of tremendous personal loss has strengthened her fortitude to help people find the blessings in the midst of very dark circumstances.

3:20 the teen years
10:50 having other things to fill you up
16:32 opportunity for growth
18:25 when your responsibilities shift

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Laura Kelley.

Laura is an immigration attorney and professional certified coach. She helps attorneys prevent and recover from burnout. She helps attorneys find joy, harmony and balance in their practices and lives.

2:39 your passion
6:22 radical ownership
10:55 our thoughts about our circumstances
16:00 truth bombs
20:33 false pleasures
26:54 failure is required
31:35 wind down time
42:30 you don’t have to do this

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Stacey Brown Randall.

Stacey Brown Randall is the multiple award-winning author of Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, host of the Roadmap to Grow Your Business podcast and national speaker.

She has had the privilege of helping well-known corporations and franchises, but her focus is on small business owners, solopreneurs and sales professionals.

Stacey’s programs are uniquely tailored to help you take control of your referrals, your client experience and crush your goals.

Stacey has been featured in national publications like Entrepreneur magazine, Investor Business Daily, Forbes, CEO World, Fox News and more.

She received her Master’s in Organizational Communication and is married with three kids.

7:45 ignoring the gain
8:17 referral ninja
10:42 just try
11:50 referrals without asking
19:30 tracking networking
20:30 data is a starting point

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Shivanii Ray.

Shivanii is an International Speaker and Gamification Expert, who uses her worldly experiences to inspire others to live life outside the box and on their own terms. When she was 10, after her family was forced out of the US due to immigration issues, she spent 5 years travelling around the world. Growing up globally, Shivanii was able to learn on her own terms which led her to become a certified NLP Practitioner and a certified Scuba Diver both by the age 12.

The Global Face and Community Champion of FUNancial Freedom, Shivanii now helps kids and teens become financially smart. After realising the standard education system often falls short when teaching children things like financial literacy and mindset tools, she now helps kids and teens fill in the gaps and thrive in these areas.

Shivanii emceed her first event at age 8 for 2,500 people and has since spoken at numerous entrepreneurial events across 4 continents, even sharing the stage with the legendary Les Brown. For her expertise, she has been featured on Good Morning America, NBC, FOX, ABC, and several international newspapers and magazines.

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Alycia Kinchloe. Alycia manages a law firm and other small businesses while raising three sons with my husband. My unique business ownership experience provides a different perspective on management, goal setting, and work-life "balance."

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Corinne Cantwell Heggie. Corinne is a principal of Wochner Law Firm LLC in Northbrook, Illinois. Corinne safeguards individuals from taxes, legal battles, and asset loss with estate planning.  Corinne will appear in probate court if beneficiaries are not named by a decedent.

Corinne is the immediate past President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Under Corinne’s leadership, WBAI forged unprecedented partnerships with state and national bar associations, the judiciary and government offices to commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution that provided women the right to vote.  Corinne is currently serving the North Suburban Bar Association as a member of its Board of Directors.  Corinne is a merit badge counselor for Boy Scout Troop 156 and parent board member for Glenview Junior Titans Football.

Corinne and her husband and law partner John are raising three sons in the northern suburbs of Chicago where the family is active in scouting, sports and ministries that support women and children in crisis through Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish. 

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Amany Ragab Hacking. Amany practices immigration law full time at Hacking Immigration Law, LLC. She is the Chief Operations Officer.  From 2007 to 2016, she was an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Supervisor of the Externship Clinic at Saint Louis University School of Law. She also taught Immigration Law and an Islamic Law Seminar. She teaches as an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Law.  She is a mom of 4.

3:53 it’s not a straight line
10:15 family dynamics
22:02 you can always do the right thing
25:57 law practice operations
45:26 letting go
47:06 be kind to yourself

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Sonya Sigler. Sonya is a mom of three man boys (ages 23, 21, and 19). She had a 25 year in-house career and has learned a lot in that time - about being a mother, a professional, and a better human! She wrote down the career advice into two books WELCOME to the Next Level and What's Next for My Career? She has so many ideas, that she’s not sure where to start in terms of sharing them with everyone. You can see a recent article she wrote on self-care and how it can help keep you out of burnout-land.

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This week on Maximum Mom your host Elise Buie joined Rachael Ardanuy

Rachael moved across the country in 2015 from FL to CO and switched practice areas from family law, estate planning, probate and guardianship to cannabis business law, a new and niche, risky practice area. She worked for another firm until she had her first kid in 11/16 and quickly found it couldn't make ends meet, so she left that firm, went solo, and had cultivated enough relationships that a few clients came with to her. Have grown the firm since then, had a surprise baby 11 months after going solo, and went from solo to a team of 6 during the pandemic. She also teaches jazzercise on the side.

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